While my inner critic is worried that I’m sick my self-compassion practice is enjoying going deep.
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What am I feeling? What do I need? What can I do?
A retreat experience to helps us tune in to our emotions regularly, connect with our experience, and tend to our needs in each moment.
Becoming Empowered Through Somatic Self-Compassion
We all have the capacity to be empowered, to honor our body and claim our gifts and strengths. This is the hope of the human condition and the faith in the path.
Why We’re Not Self-Compassionate and … There’s a Course for That
If you’re experiencing barriers to practicing self-compassion, there’s a part of the Somatic Self-Compassion Online (SSCON) curriculum for that!
Trauma-Informed Contemplative Teaching
Article originally published July 14, 2018; updated February 19, 2019. In my journeys with other heart-centered teachers of contemplative work, some great questions about trauma-informed teaching and meditation-facilitation have come up. I feel that, as leaders in our communities, we have a responsibility to do the best we can to bring specific care to folks […]
Self-Inquiry As Self-Compassion Practice
The purpose of self-inquiry is to strengthen the resources of mindfulness and self-compassion through cultivating relationship with our self in each moment.
Meet my Inner Little Nervous Projectionist
Why on earth does our mind bring up sad memories when we’re having a good time? Why do we feel loneliness when someone offers us love?
Crying Meditation
If you’re feeling in need of a good oxytocin-infused cry, you might like to try Crying Meditation as part of a Somatic Self-Compassion practice.
Absolutist Thinking and Waking Up
When we notice we are shoulding on ourselves, it’s a beautiful act of self-compassion to follow that thread to see if it’s leading back to magical thinking.
Feeling Emotions in the Body, Connecting Values, and Self-Soothing
“In listening to the body we know what we must care about. Core values come from felt senses, not from thought schema.” Staci K. Haines
Finding Our Compassionate Meditation Posture
We’re not all able or interested in sitting cross-legged during meditation, so it’s valuable to consider some options for supporting your body as you practice.
Birth of a Sensory Lounge (aka Rosemary’s Kitchen)
Auntie Rosemary is the person from my childhood who comes to mind when I tap into what it means to be nurtured, unconditionally loved and accepted. Visits to Auntie Rosemary’s crowded kitchen were one of the consistent highlights of my childhood. I felt at home, and I felt loved. So, as an adult, I recreated her kitchen.
